Divergent

Divergent

Director, Supplier Quality

Torrance, California, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
Machine LearningLeadershipCollaboration

About the role

  • This role is responsible for ensuring that all externally sourced components, materials, and services meet stringent quality, reliability, and performance standards-spanning prototype through full-rate production.
  • This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategic quality management, deep technical engagement with suppliers, cross-functional collaboration, and relentless pursuit of operational excellence.
  • The ideal candidate will thrive in a highly dynamic, fast-growth environment, and bring both startup grit and world-class manufacturing discipline.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deploy a scalable supplier quality operating system that supports:
  • Low-volume, high-complexity builds
  • Develop multi-year roadmap for supplier quality maturity aligned with company growth (prototype → industrialization → scale).
  • Own end-to-end supplier quality policies, procedures, and standard work.
  • Drive digitization of supplier quality processes (QMS tools, real-time dashboards, supplier portals).
  • Partner with sourcing during RFQ and supplier selection to evaluate:
  • Lead supplier risk assessments (technical, operational, geopolitical, financial).
  • Drive industrialization readiness for new suppliers:
  • Design reviews and supplier feasibility commitments

Company info

  • Own supplier-side APQP execution across all programs and customers.

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